“Few New Yorkers seem genuinely excited about [Cuomo]. He lurches onward, the great juggernaut, attracting enough voters who see him as a corrective to the chaos of the Eric Adams years. Never mind that a sexual-harassment scandal drove Cuomo from office and that he faced repeated denunciations, from both parties, for how he managed the state during the pandemic.”

‍Ross Barkan, New York Magazine

“A recent poll conducted for the Forward found that among Jewish voters, Cuomo had 31 percent of Jewish voter support. Mamdani had a surprising 20 percent. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is Jewish, was in third place with 18 percent. Since Lander is a left-liberal and a critic of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Gaza barbarism, many Jews who prefer Lander would likely back Mamdani over Cuomo…

“This confirms my hunch that liberal Jews, who are ashamed of what Netanyahu has done in Israel’s name, have had no place to go politically while the right has worked to conflate criticism of the Gaza war with antisemitism. Mamdani, who supports Israel’s right to exist but criticizes the Gaza war, could receive a nontrivial share of liberal Jewish support.”

‍Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

Some note, “Even if Mamdani becomes mayor, I will be concerned about how he got there and what it portends for the broader American left. It’s entirely logical that there are some fissures in the Democratic Party, which is made up of millions of people. What’s so troubling is how big and perhaps intractable those divides are…

“Will Democrats, instead of focusing on Trump, engage in a super-divisive, toxic presidential primary? If progressives and moderates remain divided by age, education, ideology and race, then the answer to that question seems, obviously, yes."

‍Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post